'No sympathy' - Middlesbrough reaction given to shock Wolves, Rob Edwards news | OneFootball

The Welshman swapped Teesside for the Black Country late last year.

Middlesbrough supporters were ready to give Rob Edwards the frostiest of receptions upon his return to the Riverside Stadium, but they will have to hold tight for the time being.

Edwards was surprisingly sacked by Wolves after the Old Gold appointed Gil Vicente boss César Peixoto, with the Welshman's family discovering his fate on social media.

The 43-year-old is despised among a large section of Boro supporters after he jumped ship just five months into the 2025/26 Championship season with the Teesside club second in the table.

What has shocked people the most about the head coach's sacking is the nature of it, but that does not seem to have changed Middlesbrough fans' opinions on him as a person.

Did Rob Edwards get what he deserved after Wolves sack?

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Edwards' sudden Boro departure did not completely derail the club's season, but there will always be a sense of what might have been as they were unable to finish in the automatic promotion places.

The Teessiders appointed Kim Hellberg to replace the 43-year-old, and he did an admirable job in keeping Middlesbrough in the promotion hunt, but they fell away, finishing fifth before losing in the play-off final to Hull City.

Ironically, Edwards was seemingly appointed as Wolves boss to guide them back to the Premier League next term as he essentially had no hope of keeping them in the top flight, but now he is without a club altogether.

When asked whether he felt for his former head coach or whether he had no sympathy given how he jumped ship to Molineux, FLW's Boro fan pundit Liam Day did not hold back on his feelings.

"There's no sympathy at all from me to be completely honest with you," he told Football League World.

"I don't rate him as a manager; I think he's not the greatest of people either. I think he's a bit of a snake. He jumps from ship to ship at any opportunity he gets. I get the point of it, it's his local club, but he's committed to us. He got given a great opportunity, and he fled at the first opportunity despite doing well.

"But I don't really rate him. I thought we were falling off under him, to be completely honest with you, and I was quite happy when he did leave, so as weird as that may sound, I'm not trying to sound salty, but I think anyone could see that it was a bad appointment in the first place.

"I don't think it was ever going to work out, so there's no sympathy from me. It was quite expected, so I'm glad it's happened, if I'm completely honest with you."

Are Middlesbrough better off without Edwards?

The fact is that Edwards left Middlesbrough with the club in second place, but with so much of the season left to play, there is no knowing what the club might have achieved.

Results had been encouraging on the whole, although there were some blips, with a heavy 3-0 defeat to Watford and a loss to Portsmouth the most concerning.

However, the Welshman had Championship pedigree, having guided Luton Town to the Premier League via the play-offs, and that experience may have come in handy.

Ultimately, though, the 43-year-old showed his true colours when he left a good situation, and while he would argue he was returning to his club, he clearly felt no affinity to the Teesside outfit.

In Hellberg, Boro know they have an emotional man committed to the cause and, with a whole summer ahead to plan for next campaign, it will be interesting to see what he can achieve.

When managers leave in such circumstances, it understandably leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, and it just goes to show that the grass is not always greener.